Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-11-03


IA. se, tnereiore that this porn cio's
systriu of prote tim, for TIA sis OF /
prDt.- lu.l, N really under IA u OF !
the .,sN. sni Il tile ,aw,ca n
ocre.. 10 cour,s, il otght ~ Jc n
ior,v.. ~ an outraged peop.r.
Herr We are in country wliirh has /,
! e,.a 1T ~ o.. withthe ron ii OF nature
4. yun any c0,inJiy OF ths -, x, and
yeS iliroI-h the pernicious syst IA ot
tiaA-pam ction tnesc '.ounti :. i0- the
I. ~, al 1Iys iN n largeisnht -.
a. ~ xImple our nn - Ot rop-
per. rpI"re the war co., er r-iae IN
irnm aii snintri, 5 Tree OF Tar. i-l /. and |
was sni at ,gir pr,ce, hut in the
Me igi, copper syndicates ~ 81 the
anlrurl n.ty of PLACING pm ~ the
p..iriOl 4 duty OF = cents a po / or
81 l,.r ton, which was p a, h ily pro-
hiDi orv and sent the prI,y k ward so
that sap wters Tor many yrrs iOund
il ad,am,.,seuiIs to send Ncsse TO scot
.and ala rr,urn, in orIler TO get them
eop,nr hnlto ed.
"a with the metal nickel so largely
use, in rIe arts; before the W II was
compar aIvely chea,, and CAME from
al,ru "a, hat du.Ing the war rleh mine
0i ni,.>.l wns developed IA Pennsyl-
van, iliIt the cons.Imeis nirkel were
hli.py Ia LIE expe, tntion OF n cheaper
arti,lc at home, Tut no so II r Was its
value made evident than it went INTO
the hands OF syndicate, AMI through
the help of Thad. Stevens in congress
protection duty of 80 cents pound was
put upon nickel and the price went up
to the stars, and nickel is now a monop-
oily substantially in the hands OF one
man, by the name of Robinson,
believe, who of course is a protected
millionaire.
So with borax we used to get it
largely from abroad at a very reason
able price. but in an evil hour whole
lake of borax was discovered in Nevada,
and OF course it was seized by syndi-
cate, and by the aid OF tariff duty OF
10 cents pound was made monopoly,
and borax also went up to the stars in
price. !,
And SO with many other natural
bounties, they are made a curse in
stead of blessing by this device OF Satan
known as a protective tarilf, and so l
might 90 on for hours and disclose the
outrages of the protective system, and
show how it has weighted our progress,
but time will not permit.
That we have made progress magnit-
icently Notwithstanding this weight, is
all very true, but it has been made in
spite OF the tariff, and not an account oi
it. Let us take of the weight and lei
the world see what the young giant
America, can do unhampered.
This is precisely what the Democratic
party proposes to do, and it will never
rest until it is accomplished.
The Democr attic party as an organiza
ton has always been right upon this
question, and whenever any OF it'
members have been otherwise they
have been aliens and not citizens in the
Democratic commonwealth and need
naturalization.
Hear its declarations in its first
platform under Jefferson, in 1900, il
flung its banner to the breeze with the
inscription Free commerce with all
nations"
So in 1886 it declared "hostility to
any and all monopolies by legislation,
because they are in violation Of the
equal rights OF the people.
THE true foundation of Republican
government is the equal rights Of every
citizen to his person and property and
| in its management"
In l84O it declared "that justice and
sound policy forbid the Federal Govern
ment to foster one branch of industry
to the detriment of another, or to cher
ish the interests OF one portion of the
country to the injury OF another por-
tion OF our common country"
In 1914 it reaffirlned the resolution
of 1910 upon the tariff.
In 184o it declared "that no more
revenue ought to be raised than is re-
quired TO defray the necessary expenses
OF the Government, and Tor the gradual
but certain extinction OF the debt Gre
ated in the prosecution OF O Just and
necessary war"
In 1852 it adopted, verbatim, the
resolution OF 1S4S.
In lS56 it reafiirmed the resolution OF
1857 and ia and said in addition that
''the time has come for the people oil
the United Statez to declare them
selves in favor of free seas and progress
sive free trade throughout the world,
and by solemn manifestations to place
their moral influence at the side OF their
successful example,"
In 1876 it said 1--WE denounce the
present tariff, levied upon nearly 1000
articles, as masterpiece of injustice,
in equality and false pretense. 1t has
impoverished many Industries to sub
| sidize few. 1t prohibits imports that
might purchase the products of Ameri-
can labor. 1t has degraded American
commerce from the first to an inferior
rank on the high seas. 1t has cut down
4 the sales OF American manufactures at
home and abroad and depleted the re-
] turns OF American agriculture, an In
dustry followed by halt our people. 1t
costs the people five times more than
it produces to the treasury, obstructs
the processes of production and wastes
the fruits of labor. It promotes fraud
enriches dishonest officials and bank.
rupts honest merchants. We demand
that all custom house taxation shall be
only for revenue
4 Again in 1880 and 1884 it declared
tin favor of tariff for revenue only,'
and now at last in 1887 Ohio, God bless
her, comes squar,ly into harmony with
our national Platforms and declares
that 1--WE demand such reduction OF the
present burlensome tariff as shall re-
suit in pro ueing revenue sufficient
only to meet ting expenses OF neeonom
teal ainiinistrat on OF The tioerrnnpnt
/ the pay ne..to, ii,eral pensions to ulor
sol,Iiris and sailors, and til payment o
the interest and principal of the puDIit
debit
We Sc !, therefore, that every nationaI
democrat & convention from the be.
thinning Of till 1,.liflirv fn fhn rlrneant